I had never seen any of the books in the Childhood of Famous Americans book series until this title came across the circulation desk one day. I decided to check it out because of my interest in Grissom. Most of the book follows Grissom on little adventures during his childhood. I highly doubt if any of this really happened. The first 2/3 of the book seem very innocent and stylized in a very 1950's way. The last third of the book is much more biographical as it follows Grissom's military career. This wouldn't be useful as biographical material, so I would recommend this to a kid looking for book report material. The illustrations in the book are cute. This would be a good choice if you had young readers interested in astronauts or the early space race. ( )